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The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter…
The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter of their nonconformity against Mr. J. Cheney's answer called The conforming nonconformist, and The nonconforming conformist : to which is added the second part in answer to Mr. Cheney's Five undertakings / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benjamin Alsop, 1680
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. I used the Name, and he the Definition: It may be he thought that by [City] I had meant only such Towns as are so called in England: But methinks he should know that the word [Greek or Hebrew], signifieth all such Towns as he defineth, and that it is the common definition of Civitas which ⟨p. 160⟩he giveth us, as all Politics speak de Civitate: It is therefore the same subject in the Similitude, which we both speak of.
1. I used the Name, and he the Definition: It may be he thought that by [City] I had meant only such Towns as are so called in England: But methinks he should know that the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, signifieth all such Towns as he defineth, and that it is the common definition of Civitas which ⟨p. 160⟩he giveth us, as all Politicks speak de Civitate: It is therefore the same subject in the Similitude, which we both speak of.
2. The difference then must be between the words [Kingdom] and [World.] I say, A Church is such a part of the Universal, as a City is of a Kingdom: He saith, no, but [as a City is of the World.] What a dangerous Error hath he detected? But, All the World is God's Kingdom: And as it hath but one King, so I thought I might liken it to a Kingdom that hath one King, but a multitude of Corporations; without stretching the Similitude to intend that [This Kingdom is not a part of the World.]
§ 2. My second Error is, [He that will be a Member of a particular Church, must cohabit, or dwell near.] The confutation is, [I conceive he is out.]